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Moving the joystick to the left makes both thrusters (if installed) move the boat to port. Moving
the joystick to the right makes both thrusters (if installed) move the boat to starboard.
Dockmate can also be programmed to use differential thruster activation.
When you have 2 non-proportional thrusters, one thruster is more effective than the other.
This makes moving the boat sideways parallel not as straight forward as you may think. A
skipper can still “walk the boat sideways parallel” by just using Dockmate’s TWIST joystick and
differential thruster activation.
→ When you push the joystick a little bit sideways, only the weakest thruster
activates.
→ When you push the joystick completely sideways, both thrusters
activate.
→ By alternating between those 2 states, the boat moves sideways parallel.
Engine Trick: In case the boat has 2 engines and only a bow thruster (no stern thruster),
moving the joystick sideways will engage the bow thruster and 2 engines to “walk the boat
sideways.” This will engage the boat’s engines (one forward, one astern) and bow thruster
simultaneously. This can also be programmed with a differential activation where either the
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